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04-06-24, 10:55 AM
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Made from Vitus 172 by Bernard Dangre's Starnord shop in Valenciennes. Eddy Merckx, ca 1975.
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04-06-24, 06:04 PM
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04-06-24, 06:08 PM
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04-06-24, 09:27 PM
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04-06-24, 10:02 PM
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I have a grand jubilee which is my daily driver they are honestly inexpensive when I find them for sale I was wondering why?
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04-07-24, 05:56 AM
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Andre Reboul Superator. Frame by Bernard Carre, Super Vitus 171. This thing is fast, but still needs some work. Will be probably repainted this Winter in red metallic.
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04-07-24, 08:26 AM
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04-07-24, 08:32 AM
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Some of that is due to looking down camera angle + wide angle lens distortion from closeup shot...Bar corve on non-drive side is closer to real life, it's a criterium bar, not the original French. edit: Tried to find another pic that shows bar better, found enough similar to this one that think I may be mis-remembering details, will have to check out the old GJ when back in Oregon, take some pics, go on a long ride. Always been very comfortable on it, but if bar is really that low, shouldn't still be comfortable for octogenarian me!
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04-07-24, 08:39 AM
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I Love the grand jubilee. They changed a lot over the years. I think the ones with the long cage jubilee derailleur are most sought after and I do have one but personally I think the later models with vitus 172 frame and fork are more to my liking.
04-07-24, 09:06 AM
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04-21-24, 12:58 PM
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Here is my baguette-hauler. Motobecane Grand Record 1974. The Campy NR derailleurs are still on it, but I changed out chainwheels and freewheel for lower gears (46/36 x 14-24), laced up lighter rims (Wolber Arc-en-Ciel Super Champion), glued on a pair of FMB Paris-Roubaix tubulars (25 mm), and added fenders. Still, it's been sitting in my basement because the frame is a tad small on me and I've come to terms with the fact that I should sell it, so someone else can enjoy. I'll probably be posting it on C&V Sales soon.
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04-21-24, 01:47 PM
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would think the 172 fork a big improvement over whatever they employed for the launch version
loved the look and concept of the launch edition and took one for a ride at me local stockist in '74
when applied the brakes could watch the blades wobbling rapidly back and forth like a wet noodle
that and the fact that me carcass fell between sizes meant never purchased one...
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04-22-24, 05:55 AM
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04-22-24, 07:39 AM
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Here is my baguette-hauler. Motobecane Grand Record 1974. The Campy NR derailleurs are still on it, but I changed out chainwheels and freewheel for lower gears (46/36 x 14-24), laced up lighter rims (Wolber Arc-en-Ciel Super Champion), glued on a pair of FMB Paris-Roubaix tubulars (25 mm), and added fenders. Still, it's been sitting in my basement because the frame is a tad small on me and I've come to terms with the fact that I should sell it, so someone else can enjoy. I'll probably be posting it on C&V Sales soon.
04-22-24, 09:05 AM
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Thank you very much. :-) I think putting that photo here has caused a chemical change in me at the cellular level, because this morning I woke up thinking, wait a minute, why don't I put upright handlebars on this, and try it that way before letting it go? I have a VO Left Bank handlebar in my basement that could be just the thing.....Need to check my stem clamp compatibility, but this might be the way go....
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